CN112206467A - Device for training muscles and motor nerves in weightless environment - Google Patents

Abstract

A device which belongs to a sports training apparatus and can train muscles and motor nerves in a weightless environment can simulate the gravity of a user relative to a platform in the weightless environment and simulate the state of unbalanced stress when the user stands, so that the user can stand to train, and the lower limb muscles and the motor nerve center can be trained in a targeted manner. The exercise device has the significance of training the muscles and motor nerves of a user in a weightless environment, is beneficial to keeping the exercise function, and can quickly recover the ability of stably standing when the user returns to the ground.

Description

Device for training muscles and motor nerves in weightless environment

The present invention relates to a device for training muscles in a weightless environment and a device for simultaneously training motor nerves.

As is well known in the background art, after an astronaut lives for a period of time in a weightless environment, the astronaut returns to the ground, and is required to be held or even lifted away under the conditions of abnormal motion function, incapability of walking normally and unstable standing. It is currently believed that this is due to osteoporosis and muscle atrophy caused by lack of external force stimulation of the body's motor system in the absence of weight loss. In order to solve the problem, targeted training equipment is arranged at the space station, and comprises a special treadmill and a bicycle trainer for training lower limbs, a chest expander and an elastic device for training upper limbs and the like, so as to stimulate muscles and bones and avoid muscle atrophy and bone loss. However, this method seems not to work well, and most of the trained astronauts still have difficulty walking or unstable standing after returning to the ground.

The applicant has not undertaken research on space sports training apparatus, nor is it a person skilled in the art, however, in the past, the control mechanism of the motor nerve centre of the brain on the body movement was analyzed (refer to the data attached to the specification of Chinese patent applications 2015101775882 and 2018107602170, etc.), how the motor nerve centre including the basal nerve loop and cerebellum can control the muscle in detail under the walking and resting state of the human body was analyzed, the control information can be integrated and memorized after being formed, the formed memory can be covered or replaced by new control information, so that the occasional recognition of the phenomena of difficulty walking and instability of standing when the astronaut returns to the ground, besides osteoporosis and muscular atrophy, has as an important cause, the motor nervous centre, in particular in the cerebellar nervous circuit, the original memory of the motion control information for coordinating the balance of the body when walking and standing on the ground is lost or covered by other new control information.

When a person stands still on the ground, the muscles are not actually in a stationary stable state due to gravity and only two lower limbs of the human body, and the body and the limbs have various slight motion changes, so that the center of gravity of the body is always unstable, and sometimes the body is tilted in a certain direction. At this time, the motor nerve center can unconsciously and continuously mobilize muscles of two lower limbs and part of body core muscle groups, and the motor nerve center coordinates and maintains balance in dynamic control to realize static standing. The control process of dynamically realizing the body balance by the continuous contraction and extension actions of the active muscles instead of the fixation of the mechanical structure is complex in practice, and only because the control process is slowly formed by standing and walking of infants, the complex control information is memorized in the motor nerve center, (the balance control relates to various sensory afferents and muscle control output from vision, vestibule, muscle spindle and the like, and the balance control information is mainly memorized in the cerebellum), so that the control process is perfectly realized unconsciously without attention and active control at ordinary times.

When an astronaut lives in a weightless environment, the astronaut does not need to walk and stand under the gravity, and the previously formed motion control and balance control are completely unnecessary, so the motion memory for controlling the coordination action of muscles recorded on motor nerve centers such as cerebellum and the like is not used for a long time, and can be weakened or even lost. However, this is not essential, and more importantly, astronauts are also performing their body movements in space to perform various tasks and activities, even if only kicking and stretching the legs, their lower limbs and body core muscle groups are called continuously, but at this time the integration and reflection relationship between sensory afferents from the vision, vestibule, muscle shuttle and control outputs to various muscles is completely different from the original ones in the ground environment, so to speak, is chaotic, while motor nerve centers are mostly working in unconscious state, it will not recognize that the control of the movements is chaotic and unreasonable at this time (it is reasonable in the weightless environment), so it stores the control information of the various muscle movements by neural plasticity (synaptic plasticity and synaptic reconstruction), even if it contradicts the original ground movement information memory, it will overwrite the new motion control information in place of the original motion control information. After a certain time, the motion control information memorized by the motor nerve center becomes the motion control information which is suitable for the weightless environment but not suitable for the ground environment, when the astronaut returns to the ground, the motion control information memorized by the motor nerve center is not suitable for the ground gravity environment, the muscles can not be coordinately controlled to finish walking and standing, and the situations of difficult walking and unstable standing occur.

One example that may be referred to is: when people perform swinging motion on some fitness equipment, such as a walking machine which is common in outdoor fitness and the walking machine falls to the ground after ten minutes and a few minutes, the people have the feeling of unstable standing and unbalanced walking, because when the equipment continuously swings, control information output from the feeling of motion generates adaptive change, namely new memory, in the motor nerve center, and the control information cannot be adaptive when the equipment falls to the ground. Certainly, the memory belongs to short-time memory, the forming time is short, the loss is fast, and therefore the memory can be recovered to be normal in a short time. The astronaut has a longer life time in a weightless environment, the new exercise memory becomes firmer long-term memory, and the astronaut needs to train for a longer time to recover after returning to the ground.

Therefore, astronauts cannot walk and stand stably normally after returning to the ground, and have the reasons of muscular atrophy and osteoporosis, but the astronauts also have an important reason that motor nerve centers of the astronauts lose or partially lose the ability of coordinately controlling various muscles to walk and stand still, and cannot well control the balance of the organism, and the astronauts need to reestablish the memory of the motion control in the motor nerve centers through training like infants. (its recovery is much faster due to the high foundation and comprehensibility).

The present inventors have not considered the solution of this problem by using a targeted technique because the conventional studies have ignored the reason, and have proposed a related technique for performing muscle training and motor training in view of the above-mentioned research analysis.

The invention aims to disclose a muscle training device which can be used for an astronaut to train lower limb muscles more conveniently for a long time under the condition of weightlessness, and further can simulate the standing state with gravity and the unstable stress state under the weightlessness environment, and is used for training the motor nerve center to carry out coordination control on the muscles and maintain the balance capability.

The muscle training device comprises a platform and a gravity simulation device; the platform can be a stand-alone baseplate or a fixed surface in the space capsule; the gravity simulator is used for connecting the body of a user and generating a pulling force for pulling the body to the platform.

The gravity simulation device comprises a waist fixing device and at least two tension belts; the waist fixing device is arranged at the waist of a user (a locking device can be adopted for more convenient installation); one end of each tension belt is separately connected to the waist fixing device, and the other end of each tension belt is fixedly arranged on the platform; the tension belt is provided with (connected with) an elastic device, and the elastic device can generate elasticity when being stretched and is used for generating tension for pulling the waist fixing device to the platform through the elasticity.

The tension belt is also provided with a tension adjusting device capable of adjusting the tension so as to meet the requirements of different users.

The gravity simulator can also be provided with a shoulder fixing device which can be arranged on the shoulder (shoulder neck) of a user, and a second elastic device is arranged between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device, so that a pulling force which draws the shoulder to the waist is generated between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device, and part of muscles of the core muscle group of the body can be trained.

When in use, the waist fixing device is arranged on the waist of a user, (the shoulder fixing device is worn on the shoulder and the neck), the other end of the tension belt is arranged and fixed on the platform, and the user steps on the platform with feet to be upright, so that the user can overcome the elasticity of the elastic device to form a standing state. The elastic means of the tension strap generate a tension force pulling the user towards the platform through the waist fixing means, thereby generating a force of the user's body against the platform (simulated gravity), which the astronaut can train the muscles of the lower limbs in rest, since he needs to push the lower limbs towards the platform to overcome to maintain a standing position. Compared with other training equipment for astronauts, the training device is used for training in a static state, can be used for a long time, and can also be used simultaneously when other work is carried out, so that the training device is more convenient and effective to use.

However, the above-mentioned techniques can only perform stress training on the muscles of the lower limbs of the user, and are similar to the situation that the user strongly pedals the wall with both feet on the ground, and because there is no state that the center of gravity is unstable and easy to unbalance, the above-mentioned techniques just train the muscles like other exercise training apparatuses, and cannot train the motor nerve center of the brain to realize the stable standing coordination control capability. In fact, when a person stands still on the ground, the person does not need to apply static force to the muscles of the lower limbs, but needs the motor nerve center (unconsciously) to continuously mobilize the muscles of the two lower limbs and part of the core muscle group of the body, and can realize stable standing still by maintaining balance in dynamic coordination control. Therefore, the invention discloses another training device capable of simultaneously training muscles and motor nerves.

The device capable of simultaneously training muscles and motor nerves comprises a platform and a gravity simulation device; the platform can be an independent base plate or a certain fixed surface of the space capsule; the method is characterized in that: the gravity simulation device comprises a waist fixing device and at least three tension belts; the waist fixing device is used for being installed on the waist of a user; one end of each tension band is separately connected to the waist fixing device, (the connection points of the tension bands are uniformly separated by a certain distance, so that the connection positions are uniformly distributed), the other end of each tension band is respectively connected to one traction device, each tension band is also provided with (connected with) an elastic device, and the elastic devices can generate tension when being stretched and are used for generating tension for pulling the waist fixing device to the platform through elastic force; the traction devices are installed and fixed on the platform, can generate traction action on the tension belt at intervals, and cannot generate traction action simultaneously by all the traction devices.

At least three tension belts can generate the pulling action towards all directions, and the most suitable tension belts are four tension belts which are connected to four pulling devices, and the pulling devices are respectively arranged and installed on platforms in four directions of front, back, left and right of a user.

The pulling distance generated by the pulling action is set on the pulling device, typically 2 cm to 10 cm, which is suitable, and which does not pull the user away from the standing position, but only generates a short pulling force in the pulling direction and superimposes it on the pulling belt.

The timing control of the pulling actions generated by each pulling device may be that only one pulling device generates the pulling action at a certain time, or two adjacent pulling devices generate the pulling actions at the same time at a certain time, so as to synthesize and generate the pulling action in the middle direction. But not all pulling devices can produce pulling action simultaneously.

When in use, the waist fixing device is also arranged on the waist of a user (a locking device can be adopted to facilitate the installation); after the length of the tension belt is adjusted properly, the user steps on the platform with feet to stand upright, and overcomes the elasticity of the elastic device to enable the user to form a standing state. When all the traction devices do not produce traction action, the tension applied to the waist fixing device is balanced and stable due to the fact that each tension belt is connected with the elastic device, only static gravity is simulated for a user, and then only muscles of the lower limbs of the user are trained. When the pulling device starts to work, the pulling device generates interval pulling action on the tension belt, and the pulling action generates an extra tension and is superposed on the tension belt. Since the pulling motions of the pulling devices are asynchronous, the pulling forces in all directions are unbalanced, so that unbalanced forces are generated on a standing user at intervals, and the body of the user shakes. In order to keep a standing state, a user needs to continuously adjust the device to maintain balance and stability, so the device can simulate the state that the human body stands under gravity and has unstable stress in a weightless environment, and continuously forces the motor nerve center of the user to transfer lower limb muscles and part of body core muscle groups to maintain balance, thereby training the coordination control capability of the motor nerve center on the lower limb muscles and the body core muscle groups when the motor nerve center stands, being beneficial to keeping the motion function of an astronaut, and enabling the astronaut to quickly recover the stable standing capability when the astronaut returns to the earth ground.

The gravity simulator may also be provided with a shoulder fixing device installed on the shoulder (shoulder and neck) of the user, and a second elastic device installed between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device to generate a pulling force between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device to pull the shoulder towards the waist, thereby simultaneously training a part of muscles of the core muscle group of the body.

The tension belt can also be provided with a tension adjusting device for adjusting the tension so as to meet the requirements of different users.

The pulling device generally generates a pulling action by driving a mechanical structure through an electromagnetic mechanism. According to the scheme, the traction device mainly comprises a motor and a rotary table, the rotary table is connected with a rotating shaft of the motor, and a tension belt is connected to the rotary table. The motor is electrified to rotate in the forward direction to drive the rotary table to rotate, the rotary table rotates to pull the tension belt to generate a pulling action, the motor rotates in the reverse direction to drive the rotary table to rotate in the reverse direction after the pulling action is completed, and the tension belt is released to generate a loosening action. Its advantages are slow and stable drawing action and high electric power consumption.

In another scheme, the traction device mainly comprises an electromagnetic attraction device, the electromagnetic attraction device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a movable block, and the tension belt is connected to the movable block. When the electromagnetic coil is electrified, a magnetic field is generated to attract the movable block to move, the tension belt is pulled to generate a pulling action, and when the electromagnetic coil is powered off, the tension belt is released to generate a releasing action. The advantage is that small power consumptive little, and the shortcoming is that the pulling action is pulsed, and is not steady enough.

Furthermore, in order to increase the training difficulty, a pedal plate for a user to step on and stand can be arranged on the platform, and a movable connector is arranged between the pedal plate and the platform.

The movable connector is used for mounting and connecting the pedal plate to the platform in a movable mode, can bear the action of external force and keep stable state when the pedal plate is subjected to uniform pressure in the vertical direction, and can damage the stable state when the pedal plate is continuously subjected to non-uniform pressure in the vertical direction to enable the pedal plate to deflect (incline).

The movable connector can adopt one or more springs (compression springs), the diameter of each spring is smaller than the width of each pedal, one end of each spring is fixedly connected with each pedal, and the other end of each spring is fixedly arranged on the platform; or the movable connector adopts a movable joint structure, the movable joint structure is mainly formed by two arc-shaped contact surfaces (an inner arc surface and an outer arc surface) which are movably contacted with each other, one end of the movable joint structure is fixedly connected with the pedal, and the other end of the movable joint structure is fixedly arranged on the platform. If pressure is uniformly applied to the vertical direction of the spring or the movable joint structure, the spring or the movable joint structure can bear large pressure on the front surface and keep stable, and if the applied pressure is not uniform, the spring or the movable joint can deflect and incline.

The pedal and the movable connector are used for a user to stand on the unstable pedal which is easy to deflect and incline, so that the user has higher difficulty in maintaining balance and stability when standing, and has stronger training effect on the capability of the motor nerve center for coordinately controlling the muscles of the lower limbs and the core muscle group of the body.

The movable connector is also provided with an alarm device, and when the movable connector is detected to have deflection inclination larger than a set angle, an alarm signal is output. The function is to remind the user to pay attention when the standing is unstable beyond a certain degree.

Description of the drawings fig. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of a muscle training apparatus. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a muscle training apparatus with shoulder immobilization. Figure 3 is a schematic view of the connection of the lumbar fixation device to three tension straps. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a training device capable of simultaneously training motor nerves. Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the pulling device using a motor. Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the case where the pulling device is an electromagnetic attraction device. Figure 7 is a schematic view of a foot rest positioned on a platform. Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the structure in which the footrest is attached to the platform by a spring. FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the connection of the footrest to the platform via a living joint arrangement. Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the foot pedal with a return spring installed.

Detailed description of the preferred embodimentsthe following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view (side view) of the muscle training apparatus. The muscle training device comprises a platform 1 and a gravity simulation device 2; the platform 1 can be an independent base plate or a fixed surface in the space capsule, and because the space capsule has no gravity, the upper, lower, left and right capsule surfaces can be used as the fixed surface. The gravity simulator 2 is used to connect the body (body, body above the waist) of the user and to generate a pulling force that pulls the body towards the platform.

The gravity simulation device 2 comprises a waist fixing device 3 and at least two tension belts 4; the waist fixing device 3 is similar to a belt, can be formed by a rigid plastic belt with certain width and strength and wrapping a flexible material on the plastic belt, has enough structural strength and can be in close and soft contact with the waist, the waist fixing device 3 is provided with a locking device 7 which is similar to a belt buckle, and the waist fixing device 3 can be arranged at the waist position (the upper hip end) of a user in a surrounding way by opening and locking the locking device 7. The tension belt 4 may be referred to as a tension rope, and a flexible rope having a sufficient tensile strength, such as a nylon rope, may be used, one end of which is connected to the waist fixing device 3 at a certain distance (so that the connection positions are uniformly distributed) and the other end of which is fixed to the platform 1. The tension band 4 is provided with (connected to) an elastic device 5, and the elastic device 5 may be made of a tension spring or other elastic material such as rubber band, and can generate elastic force when being stretched. The elastic means 5 generate a pulling force pulling the waist fixing means 3 towards the platform 1 by means of the elastic force. The tension bands are at least two and are connected to the waist fixing devices on the left and right sides of the waist of the user, or three and are connected to the waist fixing devices in an equilateral triangle, as shown in fig. 3, (top view), or more, so that the waist fixing devices are stressed more uniformly. When the waist fixing means 3 is fitted around the waist of the user, a tension band 4 of a suitable length can pull the body of the user towards the platform by means of the waist fixing means, thereby simulating the weight of the body against the platform. The tension belt 4 can be provided with a tension adjusting device 6 capable of adjusting the tension to meet the requirements of different users. The proper amount of tension is approximately close to or slightly less than the weight of the user on the ground. The tension adjusting device 6 generally adjusts the tension by adjusting the length of the tension belt or the length of the spring of the elastic device, belongs to the common technology in the mechanical field, and is not described in detail.

When in use, the waist fixing device 3 is arranged on the waist of a user in a surrounding way through the locking device 7, the other end of the tension belt 4 is fixed on the platform, and the user vertically pedals the platform with lower limbs to overcome the elasticity of the elastic device to enable the user to form a standing state. The elastic means 5 of the tension band 4 generate a tension force pulling the user's body towards the platform 1 by means of the waist fixing means 3, thereby generating an acting force (simulating gravity) of the user's body against the platform, which the astronaut needs to overcome to maintain a normal posture by pushing the lower limbs towards the platform, so that the muscles of the lower limbs can be trained in rest.

The gravity simulator may further include a shoulder fixing device, as shown in fig. 2, the shoulder fixing device 8 may also be formed by wrapping a flexible material on a hard plastic tape having a certain width and strength, and having sufficient structural strength and capable of making close and soft contact with the waist, and the shoulder fixing device may be in a ring shape, and may be directly fitted over (passed through) the head to be mounted on the shoulder (shoulder and neck) of the user without a locking device. At least two second elastic devices 9 are installed between the shoulder fixing device 8 and the waist fixing device 3 (installed on both sides), and a pulling force for pulling the shoulders to the waist is generated between the two elastic devices, so that the muscles of the lower limbs are trained, and part of the muscles of the body core muscle group are trained.

The device for simultaneously training muscles and motor nerves of the invention comprises a platform and a gravity simulation device like the muscle training device of figure 1; the platform 1 can be an independent base plate or a certain fixed surface of the space capsule; the gravity simulator is used for connecting the body of a user and can generate a pulling force for pulling the body to the platform. The gravity simulation device comprises a waist fixing device 3 and at least three tension belts 4; the waist fixing device 3 is arranged at the waist of the user; one end of each tension band is separately connected to the waist fixing device at a certain distance (to make the connection positions evenly distributed), each tension band is provided with (connected with) an elastic device 5, and the elastic devices 5 can generate tension when being stretched and are used for generating tension for pulling the waist fixing device 3 to the platform 1 through elasticity. The tension belt 4 can also be provided with a tension adjusting device 6 for adjusting the tension.

Unlike fig. 1, however, the other ends of the tension belts 4 are not fixedly connected to the platform 1, but are each connected to a pulling device 8, as shown in fig. 4 (in a top view, fig. 4, four tension belts are connected to four pulling devices). The pulling devices 8 are fixed to the platform 1, and can generate pulling actions on the tension belt 4 at intervals, and all the pulling devices do not generate pulling actions at the same time.

Although a minimum of three tension belts 4 can generate the pulling motion in all directions, four tension belts are preferably connected to four pulling devices, and the four pulling devices are respectively arranged and installed on the platform in four directions, namely front, back, left and right directions of the user, as shown in fig. 4. Of course, more tension bands are also possible, but the installation is too complicated.

The intermittent pulling action has an interval period of about 1 second to 10 seconds, preferably 1 second to several seconds, so that one pulling action is generated by the pulling device in one direction. The pulling distance generated by the pulling action can be set on the pulling device, typically 2 cm to 6 cm, suitably up to about 10 cm, so that the user is not pulled away from the standing position, but only a short additional pulling force is generated in the pulling direction and superimposed on the pulling strip.

The timing control of the pulling operation by each pulling device may be such that only one pulling device generates the pulling operation at a certain time, or two adjacent pulling devices generate the pulling operation at the same time at a certain time (so as to generate the pulling operation in the middle direction synthetically). However, not all pulling devices can produce pulling simultaneously because the pulling force produced by the simultaneous pulling action is uniform, which is required by the present invention. Furthermore, when four or more pulling devices are used, wherein one pulling device in one direction generates a pulling action, the pulling devices in the opposite (opposite) directions need to be in a released state or do not generate a pulling action, that is, two pulling devices in opposite (opposite) pulling directions cannot generate a pulling action at the same time, otherwise, the two pulling devices can cancel each other out.

When the device is used, the waist fixing device is also arranged on the waist of a user, and after the length of the tension belt is adjusted properly, the user pedals the platform with lower limbs to be upright, and overcomes the elasticity of the elastic device to enable the user to form a standing state. When all the traction devices do not produce traction action, the tension applied to the waist fixing device is balanced and stable due to the fact that each tension belt is connected with the elastic device, only static gravity is simulated for a user, and then only muscles of the lower limbs of the user are trained. When the pulling device starts to work, the pulling device generates interval pulling action on the tension belt, and the pulling action generates an extra tension and is superposed on the tension belt. Since the pulling motions of the pulling devices are asynchronous, the pulling forces in all directions are unbalanced, so that unbalanced acting force is generated on a standing user at intervals, and the body of the user is shaken. Therefore, the invention can simulate the state that the human body stands under gravity and has unstable stress in the weightless environment, and continuously force the motor nerve center of the user to transfer the lower limb muscles and part of the body core muscle groups to maintain balance, thereby training the coordination control capability of the motor nerve center on the lower limb muscles and the body core muscle groups when the motor nerve center stands, being beneficial to maintaining the motion function of an astronaut, and enabling the astronaut to recover the stable standing capability more quickly when the astronaut returns to the earth ground.

The gravity simulator may also be provided with the shoulder fixing device of fig. 2, which is installed on the shoulder (shoulder and neck) of the user, and a second elastic device is installed between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device, so that a pulling force is generated therebetween to pull the shoulder toward the waist, thereby simultaneously training a part of muscles of the core muscle group of the body.

The pulling device generally generates a pulling action by driving a mechanical structure through an electromagnetic mechanism. One scheme is shown in figure 5, the traction device mainly comprises a motor 9 and a rotary table 10, the rotary table is connected with a shaft of the motor, and a tension belt 4 is fixedly connected on the rotary table. When the power is on, the shaft of the motor 9 rotates forward to drive the turntable 10 to rotate, the tension belt 4 is pulled to generate a pulling action, after the pulling action is completed, the motor rotates reversely to drive the turntable to rotate reversely, and the tension belt 4 is released to generate a loosening action. The motor can be formed by additionally arranging a speed reducing mechanism by adopting a stepping motor, a servo motor or a common motor. The proposal has the advantages of slow and stable drawing action and large power consumption.

In another scheme, as shown in fig. 6, the pulling device mainly comprises an electromagnetic attraction device 11, wherein the electromagnetic attraction device 11 comprises an electromagnetic coil 12 and a movable block 13; the moving block 13 corresponds to an armature and is made of a soft magnetic material; the tension strap 4 is connected to the movable block 13 by means of a draw hook 15. When the electromagnetic coil 12 is electrified, a magnetic field is generated to attract the movable block 13, the movable block 13 overcomes the elastic force of the spring 14 and enters the inner cavity of the electromagnetic coil 12, and then the tension belt 4 is pulled to generate a pulling action. When the power is off, the electromagnetic coil 12 loses the magnetic field, the movable block 13 is reset under the action of the spring 14, and the tension belt 4 is released to generate a loosening action. The advantage is that small power consumptive little, and the shortcoming is that the pulling action is pulsed, and is not steady enough.

Further, in order to increase the training intensity, a foot pedal 16 for a user to step on and stand on may be further provided on the platform 1, and a movable connector 17 is installed and connected between the foot pedal 16 and the platform 1, as shown in fig. 7. (for simplicity and clarity of the drawing, only two left and right tension bands and elastic means are shown in fig. 7, and at least three are actually required).

The foot rest 16 is a flat plate having a shape close to or slightly larger than the sole of a foot, and is adapted to be stepped on by the sole of a user. The movable connector 17 is used to movably connect and mount the footrest 16 to the platform 1, and is characterized in that it can bear the external force and maintain the stable state when the footrest 16 is uniformly pressed in the vertical direction of the platform, and the stable state is broken and the footrest 16 is deflected (inclined) when the footrest 16 is continuously pressed in the vertical direction of the platform.

The movable connector 17 may be a spring device, as shown in fig. 8, using a spring 18, i.e., a compression spring, the diameter of the spring 18 being smaller than the width of the footrest and may be about equal to 1/3 to 2/3 of the width of the footrest, and the spring 18 having one end fixedly connected to the footrest 16 and the other end fixedly mounted on the platform 1. If the user's foot is vertically placed on the foot rest 16 and can keep balance, the foot rest 16 applies pressure uniformly in the axial direction of the spring 18, the spring 18 can bear large pressure on the axial front face and can keep stability, and if the foot rest is not balanced on the foot rest 16, the pressure applied to the spring 18 by the foot rest 16 is not uniform, and the spring 18 is easy to deflect and tilt in a certain direction around. The spring device can also work by connecting a plurality of smaller compression springs in parallel with the pedal.

The movable connector 17 may also be a movable joint structure 19, as shown in fig. 9. The movable joint structure 19 includes two half joint structures, one above the other, contacting with each other, such as an upper half joint structure 20 and a lower half joint structure 21 in fig. 9, the two half joint structures contact with each other by means of two arc-shaped contact surfaces, that is, an inner arc surface and an outer arc surface, the outer arc surface can move relatively in each direction on the inner arc surface (substantially, rotate at a certain angle), and the other two ends of the two half joint structures, one end of which is fixedly connected with the pedal 16, and the other end of which is fixedly installed on the platform 1. If the user's sole vertically steps on the foot rest 16 and can keep balance, the foot rest 16 vertically and uniformly applies pressure to the axial direction of the movable joint structure 19, the movable joint structure 19 can bear large pressure on the front surface and keep stable, and if the sole steps on the foot rest 16 are not balanced, the pressure applied to the movable joint structure 19 by the foot rest 16 is not uniform, and the two half joint structures of the movable joint structure 19 can relatively deflect and tilt in a certain direction. In order to make the pedal 16 in a flat state at ordinary times, 4 small return springs (tension springs) 22 may be installed around the pedal 16, as shown in fig. 10, one end of each return spring 22 is connected to one edge of the pedal 16, and the other end is installed and fixed on the platform 1, so as to generate a small uniform tension force around the pedal, so that the pedal is in a flat state at ordinary times, and after being stepped on, the pedal can automatically return to the flat state when the sole leaves.

The movable connector 17 may further have an alarm device, and when the movable connector 17 is detected to deflect more than a set angle, an alarm signal is output to remind a user of the deflection. This can be done using a travel switch or photo-detection.

Claims (10)

1. A device for training muscles in a weightless environment comprises a platform and a gravity simulation device; the gravity simulator is used for connecting the body of a user and generating a pulling force for pulling the body to the platform; the method is characterized in that: the gravity simulation device comprises a waist fixing device and at least two tension belts; the waist fixing device is arranged at the waist of a user; one end of each tension belt is separately connected to the waist fixing device, and the other end of each tension belt is fixedly arranged on the platform; the tension belt is provided with (connected with) an elastic device which is used for generating tension for pulling the waist fixing device to the platform through elasticity.

2. A device for exercising muscles in a weightless environment according to claim 1, wherein: the gravity simulator is also provided with a shoulder fixing device, the shoulder fixing device is arranged on the shoulder of a user, and a second elastic device is arranged between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device, so that a pulling force which is mutually pulled is generated between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device. And the tension belt is also provided with a tension adjusting device capable of adjusting the tension.

3. A device capable of training muscles and motor nerves simultaneously comprises a platform and a gravity simulation device; the method is characterized in that: the gravity simulation device comprises a waist fixing device and at least three tension belts; the waist fixing device is arranged at the waist of a user; one end of each tension belt is separately connected with the waist fixing device, and the other end of each tension belt is connected with one traction device; the tension belt is also provided with (connected with) an elastic device which is used for generating tension for pulling the waist fixing device to the platform through elasticity; the traction devices are installed and fixed on the platform, can generate traction action on the tension belt at intervals, and cannot generate traction action simultaneously by all the traction devices.

4. A device for simultaneous muscle and motor training according to claim 3, wherein: the four pulling forces are respectively connected to four pulling devices, and the pulling devices are respectively arranged on the platforms of the user in four directions, namely front, back, left and right.

5. A device for simultaneous muscle and motor training according to claim 3, wherein: the pulling device generates pulling action through an electromagnetic mechanism. The traction device mainly comprises a motor and a rotary table, the rotary table is connected with a rotating shaft of the motor, and a tension belt is connected to the rotary table; or the traction device mainly comprises an electromagnetic attraction device, the electromagnetic attraction device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a movable block, and the tension belt is connected to the movable block.

6. A device for simultaneous muscle and motor training according to claim 3, wherein: the platform is provided with a pedal for a user to step on and stand, and a movable connector is arranged between the pedal and the platform.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the training device is adapted to train muscles and motor nerves simultaneously: the movable connector is used for connecting the pedal plate to the platform in a movable mode, can keep stable when the vertical direction of the pedal plate is subjected to uniform pressure, and can damage the stable state when the vertical direction of the pedal plate is continuously subjected to non-uniform pressure, so that the pedal plate deflects.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the training device is adapted to train muscles and motor nerves simultaneously: the movable connector adopts a spring, one end of the spring is fixedly connected with the pedal, and the other end of the spring is fixedly arranged on the platform; or the movable connector adopts a movable joint structure, the movable joint structure is mainly formed by two arc-shaped contact surfaces which are movably contacted with each other, one end of the movable joint structure is fixedly connected with the pedal, and the other end of the movable joint structure is fixedly arranged on the platform.

9. A device for simultaneous muscle and motor training according to claim 6 or 7 or 8, wherein: the movable connector is also provided with an alarm device, and when the movable connector is detected to incline by more than a set angle, an alarm signal is output.

10. A device for simultaneous muscle and motor training according to any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein: the gravity simulator is also provided with a shoulder fixing device, the shoulder fixing device is arranged on the shoulder of a user, and a second elastic device is arranged between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device, so that a pulling force which is mutually pulled is generated between the shoulder fixing device and the waist fixing device. And the tension belt is also provided with a tension adjusting device capable of adjusting the tension.

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